Chapter 8: A Guardian For A Princess Part 2
"This is what my life was like before it happened," a female voice with a Irish accent said in Serena's mind as the images fickered past. "Your Highness?" Serena asked from within her mind, "Yes my little angel, I am Princess Zaira." The voice stated as something started to form in front of her, A women in her early 20's with emerald green eyes and dark red hair now stood before Serena. "You have a beautiful young lady to watch over my love" Lady Zaira spoke slowly caressing Guardian's face "Unlike you who have full control of the body that you were born in, Lady Serena has a destiny already for her to fulfill." Guardian looked at his princess, his love, and asked with tears in his eyes "Does this mean that you will fade into the background while Serena will remain?" Tears were running freely down Lady Zaira's face now as she very sadly spoke, "I am sorry my love, but I will remain only in this form until I completly merge with Serena. This is not my destiny, it is Serena's."
Guardian at hearing this completely broke down and started sobbing,
"Why? I finally find my princess, my angel, after all those years
that I have waited for you to return and now I am going to lose you
again." Zaira wrapped her arms around her morning protector, "Love?
Dont think of it as losing me, for I will still be present in one
form or another in your new Princess Serena. As Zaira held him,
Guardian looked upon his weeping princess and wondered how could
he have been so blind. That he didn't notice how beautiful she
really was, there she was dressed in a white lace, and green
silk flowing dress, a forest green cloak at her back. Bright
emerald green eyes, long shoulder length red hair, light pink
lips, and ivory cream skin. As Guardian watched her, he suddenly
had an urge to kiss her perfectly rounded mouth. He licked his
lips unconsciously as his heart began to pound furiously. What
would it be like to taste her sweet lips...? He shook his head
franticly,trying to get the image of her luscious lips out of his
mind.
It was not proper for him to have thoughts like that especially one directed at his princess. Zaira looked up at her Guardian as she thought to her self Why doesn't he just kiss me? Is it because I am not pretty? Or because I am shorter then him, Oh, I know it is probably because he thinks it would not be proper to kiss me. Well in that case... If he won't kiss me. I will kiss him. Guardian smilies at his princess and gently utters into her ear "Has anyone every told you how beautiful you are M'lady?" Zaira gasps in surprize that he finally had the courage to tell her something like that. Thinking that he had committed a very large mistake when he heard her gasp, Guardian started to apologize to his princess. "Your Highness, I deeply and humbly beg for your forgiveness. I was completely out of lin-..." he could not finish for Zaira had put a slender finger on his lips.
"Love what are you apologizing for? You did nothing wrong," she
softly spoke. "But I-" he started, Zaira put her arms around his
neck and said "Guardian my love, Please just be slient.." The
movement of his lips was just too tempting for her anymore. She
closed the distance between them and pressed her mouth to his.
Guardian was slightly surprised to say the least. But her lips
were so soft and warm. He couldn't help himself, with one arm
enclosing her waist, Guardian pulled her gently against his body,
causing Zaira to gasp quietly. Gazing at her sincerely, he cupped
her cheek and caressed it lovingly. Slowly, he lowered his face
to hers and, like she had done, touched his lips to hers in a
brief but tender kiss. She breathed his name, her eyes rolling
shut as he pulled away to kiss her cheek, directly to the right
of her aching lips. Her simple endearment sent shivers skittering
down his spine. Shy, yet determined hands tangled in his hair and
eased him back in the direction of her mouth. Their lips met in a
mutual caress, both exploring the other's face with gentle hands.
Neither attempted to end it--slow and tentative at first...almost
shy as they began their exploration of each other. But as Guardian's
hand left her cheek and slid down her back with deliberate slowness,
the kiss swiftly deepened another level, increasing in firmness and
longing. Both abandoned their frustrations and fears and imparted
themselves completely to the comfort and affection the other offered.
The yearning for more began to escalate rapidly.It was if the
lightning outside suddenly leapt through their skin and heated their
blood in a surge of electricity that left them both shaking. Zaira
tightened her arms around his neck as she felt him draw her impossibly
closer, his hands now tangled in the silky lengths of her flame colored
hair as they gently roamed up and down her back.
A desperate whimper escaped her throat, met with Guardian's soft groan
of pleasure as he eased her head to the side. Guardian gently taunted
his tongue along her upper lip, causing her to gasp once more. Never
had Zaira ever been kissed like this before in her life. Nor at all
had she been kissed before for that matter. She had always dreamed of
being kissed like this though. His boldness surprised her, but she
found herself liking it too. Slowly her lips parted beneath his, and
his tongue slipped inside to play with hers. As their tongues touched,
they clung to one other passionately, surprising even themselves with
the weight of their need. Gradually, their desire became sated as the
kiss turned soft and gentle once more, mingled with their ragged
breathing and fervent caresses. After a long, long while, finally
realizing that they either needed to breathe or pass out right where
they were.
Guardian raised his head and gazed down into her eyes, his own dark
and turbulent with emotion. "Zaira," he whispered, stroking her cheek,
"I love you So much." "I know," she replied softly. "I love you, as
well. I always have and I always will." She wrapped her arms around
him and buried her face in his chest, letting him hold her as she'd
always wanted him to. They stood like that for a long time as the
sun slowly rose over the ballroom, content to just be together.
Guardian sighed sadly as he saw the sun rise, "I guess that you will
be leaving me soon?" Zaira looked into her love's sad eyes "Yes my
Guardian, the sun is rising in the real world as it is here and soon
Serena will wake up." "Will I ever see you again, my love?" Guardian
asked his princess, She looked deep into his eyes and spoke "If fate
allows us, may be in the future my love...maybe in the future."
Guardian felt tears running down his face again, "Can I ask you one
favor before you leave?" Zaira smiled at him knowing what his favor
was. "Yes my love, you can kiss me again before I leave." Guardian
looked deep into his princess's deep emerald eyes and said "Goodbye
my princess, I will always remember you, and love you to the end of
time." He leaned in and pressed a final, tender kiss against her lips,
then abruptly released her. Zaira felt tears slide down her face,
"Love this isn't goodbye, it is until we meet again. I know the you
will never forget me, I will always cherish the time we shared together.
But you are Serena's Guardian now, I want you to watch out and care
for her just as you have done for me." Serena stood by watching the
whole thing take place between Guardian and Zaira. Tears rolled down
her face as she thought How sad to love someone that much and then
to lose them. I hope that someday that I will find someone to love me
as much as that.
Zaira led her former Guardian over to where Serena was standing,
"Serena, he is now your guardian please care for him and love him as
I have. For someday he will save your life, like he has mine." She
looked at her former guardian, her love, with tears in her eyes as
she wraped her arms around him and gave him one last kiss. The
ballroom was then filled with an blinding beam of sunlight. As
both Serena's and Guardian's vision cleared, they found their
selfs locked into a deep passionate kiss with each other. They
quickly seperated from each other with deep crimson faces.
"I- I-..Serena..I'm so sorry. I don't know what I was thinking"
"Guardian just stood there, his face crimson as he stuttered.
"I-I- I am deeply sorry for taking advantage of you like that, I
dont know how that happened. Last thing I remember was kissing
Zaira, then being blinded by the sunlight. And when my vision
cleared we were like that, I have no excuse to justify my kissing
you like that. I just hope that you can forgive your humble guardian
for doing that to you my princess."
Serena watched her new guardian quietly as he deeply apologized to her for what happened. As she watched she heard Princess Zaira's voice faintly say in her mind "Now you will not have to wait centuries like I have, to feel your guardian's kiss. Be well and please take care of him. This will be the last time you will hear from me, we are now merged. You have my memories, my knowledge of the past, my ability and knowledge of magic. Don't be afraid to use it in an emergency if you have too, you will know what to do automatically so dont worry. Goodbye Your Highness, I wish you and your guardian well in your new lives together." Serena glanced back to were Guardian was still apologizing for his actions. She walked over and put her arms around him in a hug and spoke "Guardian, it was not your fault that you kissed me, consider it a welcoming gift for our new life from Lady Zaira." Guardian looked at his new princess in surprize and said "Is that what happened?" Serena nodded her head in acknowledgment, as she started to speak Guardian stopped her.
"Serena, I will be there when you need me, Is that what you were
going to ask?" Guardian stated, as a look of shock crossed Serena's
face. "Because I am your guardian, we are mind linked so that I will
know when you need me and when you have questions for me." Serena
didn't know what to say, she was mind linked with her new guardian.
What if he found out her secret identity as sailor moon? All of a
sudden she felt exhausted, as she fell to sleep she faintly heard
Guardian say "Sweet dreams my little Senshi." The next thing she
heard was someone yelling and shaking her. Serena slowly opened
her eyes to find a very irritated Rei staring down at her, and a
very worried Ami and Mina trying to wake her. "Finally, your awake,
because you slept in as late as you did we are very late for school.
Serena's eyes open widely in panic, and she did the only thing she
knew to do.
She started bawling very loudly, Ami walked over to her and said "Dont worry Serena, I convinced my parents to let us stay home from school today. After all I want to hear what happened to you in that dream you were having." Serena stopped crying and looked up at Ami in shock, "uh...Ami...how do you I had a dream?" Ami smiled and stated "Because I woke up to check on you and found you crying. A few minute's later you started acting like you were in the middle of a deep passionate kiss with someone. And then you turned a deep crimson like you were deeply embarrassed about something. At hearing this Serena turned a very deep shade of crimson and said very quietly "I cannot believe you could see that, I have never been so embarressed in my entire life." Rei and Mina looked at each other and grinned evilly, "By any chance was this dream about William?"
Rei asked Serena with a smirk on her face,"No the dream was not about William!" Serena snapped. Ami hugged Serena while she sharply stated to Rei glaring "Serena will tell us about her dream ONLY if she wants too, and after what you just did Rei I would not be surprized if she didn't want to tell you what happened." Serena smiled at Ami and spoke "I will tell you what happened in my dream. She then went on to tell the others what happened in her dream.
Next Chapter: The Battle and Guardian meets the Scouts...